Flambeau de l'Est Football Club is a Burundian professional football club based in Ruyigi in the

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. The club competes in

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, the second level of Burundi's football league system, and plays its home matches at Stade de Ruyigi.

History

The club was founded in 2010 in the city of Ruyigi and began to playing in the Intérieur Series of the Second Division of Burundi, obtaining promotion to the top flight in that debut season. The first season in the

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was quite good as they finished in fourth position out of 12 teams and reached the semi-finals of the

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, where was eliminated by

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0–1. The 2012–13 season was more than a confirmation, since Flambeau de l'Est, coached by Olivier Niyungeko, was crowned champion of Burundi after a great season in which they only lost one game and conceded only eight goals. This was a historic title, since the club was the first outside the capital,

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, to win the competition. The good results continued in the following season with a second place in the Primus Ligue, three points behind LLB Academic. In their inaugural Champions League campaign, Flambeau faced in the preliminary round the runners-up of Congo Ligue 1,

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, qualifying to first round after a 2–1 win in aggregate. In the first round faced the Cameroonian side Coton Sport Garoua, a team with several appearances in the tournament, Flambeau won the first leg in Burundi 1–0, but they could not keep the advantage in the 2nd leg, being eliminated after 0–5 at Garoua.

Honours

Burundi Ligue A The Burundi Ligue A, also called Primus Ligue for sponsor (commercial), sponsorship reasons, is the highest division in Association football, football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972 and has 16 teams. They play 30 rounds home and away dur ...

*Winners (1): 2012–13 *Runners–up (1): 2013–14

Burundi Ligue B Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...

*Winners (1): 2010–11

Performance in CAF competitions

References

External links

Team profile
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